'The Fault In Our Stars' movie: Written here, set here, shot where?

As Indiana stories are filmed out of state, lobbying group pitches new financial perks to lure production crews

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Sep. 1, 2013

'The Fault in Our Stars,' John Green's best selling novel, includes a scene set at 'Funky Bones,' the 39-foot by 69-foot sculpture at the Indianapolis Museum of Art's 100 Acres. The film adaptation of the book is being shot in Pittsburgh, where a replica of 'Funky Bones' will be constructed. Here, Indiana Media Production Alliance executives, from left, Benjamin Dewhurst, Glenn Pratt and Chuck Budreau pose on the head of the original.

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In a world where Illinois and Ohio are big players in the movie industry, Indiana is barely in the game. Mercenary filmmakers go where the deals are, and 39 states offer tax incentives to production crews. Indiana isn't one of those states.

In the coming months, Pittsburgh will stand in for Indianapolis in "The Fault in Our Stars," while Massachusetts towns will represent fictional Carlinville, Ind., in Robert Downey Jr.'s film "The Judge."

Coming to the 2014 Indiana General Assembly: A lobbying group that insists a new law is the only thing that stands between the Hoosier state and Hollywood ...